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Ciência Rural, 2018 : The objective of this study was to evaluate endozoochory dispersal, recuperation, and germination of weedy rice (Oryza sativa L.) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli L.) seeds passed through the digestive system of cattle.
João Luis Carricio Viero +6 more
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An omnivorous mesopredator modifies predation of omnivore‐dispersed seeds
Ecosphere, 2021 Post‐dispersal seed predation is an important determinant of plant recruitment. Although many plant species are dispersed following consumption by omnivorous vertebrates, the potential for these dispersal agents to indirectly affect seed fate by ...
Savannah L. Bartel, John L. Orrock
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Dispersal mechanisms in Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata: autochory and endozoochory by sheep [PDF]
Seed Science Research, 2002 It is normally assumed that Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata (Miller) Samp. ex Rozeira (Labiatae) is dispersed by autochory in spite of the clear pioneer nature of the species. This paper examines the efficiency of autochorous dispersal (seed rain) and the possibility that the species is also dispersed endozoochorally by sheep.
Sánchez, Ana M., Peco Vázquez, Begoña
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Mesopredator frugivory has no effect on seed viability and emergence under experimental conditions
Ecosphere, 2021 Members of the order Carnivora are a unique and important seed disperser who consume and deposit undamaged seeds while providing regular long‐distance seed dispersal opportunities.
John P. Draper +4 more
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Potential dispersal of aquatic snails by waterbird endozoochory in neotropical wetlands
Biota Neotropica, 2022 Abstract Waterbird-mediated zoochory is one of the main ecological mechanisms by which non-flying freshwater invertebrates can disperse between isolated wetlands. Passive dispersal through gut passage inside waterbirds (endozoochory) may explain how many organisms spread in the landscape.
Luiz C. Barboza +4 more
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Seed traits matter—Endozoochoric dispersal through a pervasive mobile linker
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Although many plants are dispersed by wind and seeds can travel long distances across unsuitable matrix areas, a large proportion relies on co‐evolved zoochorous seed dispersal to connect populations in isolated habitat islands.
Jonas Stiegler +9 more
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Plants on the Move: Hitch-Hiking With Ungulates Distributes Diaspores Across Landscapes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 We here describe the multiple mechanisms by which ungulates distribute diaspores across landscapes. There are three primary and three secondary seed dispersal mechanisms by which ungulate dispersal agents contribute to the spread of plant diaspores, both
Christophe Baltzinger +4 more
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Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as a Factor in Plant Domestication
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Megafaunal extinctions are recurring events that cause evolutionary ripples, as cascades of secondary extinctions and shifting selective pressures reshape ecosystems.
Robert N. Spengler +11 more
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Seedling establishment after endozoochory in disturbed and undisturbed grasslands
Basic and Applied Ecology, 2006 Summary Local plant community composition and structure may be largely influenced by germination and seedling establishment from seeds dispersed in animal dung, through seed input, gap creation and nutrient enrichment. With an experimental approach we assessed (1) what the effect is of dung deposition on the number of seedlings in the plant community
E. Cosyns +4 more
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Waterfowl endozoochory: An overlooked long‐distance dispersal mode for Cuscuta (dodder) [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, 2016 PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Dispersal of parasitic Cuscuta species (dodders) worldwide has been assumed to be largely anthropomorphic because their seeds do not match any previously known dispersal syndrome and no natural dispersal vectors have been reliably documented.
Mihai, Costea +5 more
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